What to watch
SUNDAY
June 12, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
NTT IndyCar Series: Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America NBC, noon Live
Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou, Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden and their IndyCar cohorts compete on the four-mile, 14-turn road circuit at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
The 75th Annual Tony Awards CBS, 7 p.m. Live; also streams live (beginning at 6 p.m.) and on demand for Paramount+ Premium subscribers, and on demand only for Essential-tier subscribers the day after it airs
New York City’s legendary Radio City Music Hall is the site for the 75th installment of this iconic awards ceremony that celebrates the best of Broadway theater. CBS’ television
coverage is slated in a three-hour block and airs live coast-to-coast for the first time.
Paramount+ Premium subscribers will be able to stream the event live and on demand;
that livestream is preceded by The Tony Awards: Act One, an hour of live exclusive
content only available on Paramount+. The musical A Strange Loop leads with 11 nominations; Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose will host the ceremony. Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will host The Tony Awards: Act One.
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
History, 7 p.m. New Series
This three-part docuseries is the latest installment in History’s popular That Built franchise and tracks the origins of indulgent products and provocative pioneers in the alcohol, gambling, sex and tobacco industries as they rose from the shadows and entered the mainstream to build some of the country’s
biggest commercial empires. In the series premiere, “Secrets & Sins,” Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey, Adolphus Busch
creates an iconic beer, Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette, and Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms, all while the temperance movement rises against them.
Gaslit
Starz, 7 p.m. Series Finale
The drama depicting the untold stories of the Watergate scandal wraps up with “Final Days,”
in which Martha (Julia Roberts) struggles to keep her family together in the midst of her decline.
Dark Winds
AMC, 8 p.m. New Series
The psychological thriller, based on the iconic Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, debuts tonight. Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon, Longmire) of the Tribal Police as he is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa
Gordon, Roswell, New Mexico). Chee, too, has old scores to settle from his youth on the reservation. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other and their own personal demons on the path to salvation.
Duncanville FOX, 8 p.m.
Two new episodes of the animated comedy air tonight. In “Dead Stan Walking,” Annie (voice of Amy Poehler) coordinates another fake funeral for Uncle Stan (guest voice of Jason
Schwartzman). Then in “She Snoops, She Scores!,” Kimberly’s (voice of Riki Lindhome) new babysitting job gives her access to many
of the townspeople’s secrets.
Color My World With Love Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 8 p.m.
Original Film
Kendall (Lily D. Moore) is a talented artist with Down syndrome who — thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance), and grandmother, Bev (Karen Kruper) — is happy and thriving. Her life takes an exciting turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis) and romance blooms. Emma has spent the past 22 years trying to protect her daughter and has reservations about this new relationship,
especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to, and should, live her own life.
Becoming Elizabeth
Starz, 8 p.m. New Series
Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor (Alicia von Rittberg) was an
orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the intrigue and sexual politics of the English court. As her younger brother Edward (Oliver Zetterstrom) takes the throne, she and her sister Mary (Romola Garai) find themselves pawns in a greater game between the major families of England and the powers of Europe.